Background: smoking and physical activities are types of lifestyle habits can affect directly the quality of life and may interfere with health states. Objective: the explanation established based on questionnaire form questions to explain the scientific methods can help in evaluating smoking habits and physical activity for adults especially in clinical and health researches. Methods: smoking habits evaluated based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System which established by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking classified into four groups; smoker, past smoker, passive smoker, and never smoker. Physical activity measured based on the second Global Physical Activity Questionnaire that established by World Health Organization (WHO), and it categorized into three groups; high physical active, moderate, and low. Conclusion: using of this explanation can help health researchers in all fields to evaluate the smoking habit and physical activity by standard and validated methods.
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Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
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International journal of preventive medicine
Physical activity (PA) is protective against non-communicable diseases and it can reduce premature mortality. However, it is difficult to assess the frequency, duration, type and intensity of PA. The global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) has been developed by World Health Organization with the aim of having valid and reliable estimates of PA. The primary aim of this study is to assess the repeatability of the GPAQ instrument and the secondary aim is to validate it against International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and against an objective measure of PA (i.e., using pedometers) in both rural and peri-urban areas of North India. A total of 262 subjects were recruited by random selection from Ballabgarh Block of Haryana State in India. For test retest repeatability of GPAQ and IPAQ, the instruments were administered on two occasions separated by at least 3 days. For concurrent validity, both questionnaires were administered in random order and for criterion validity s.
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